NEVER get TalkTalk broadband. It's so intermittent, I've been on this speed for about 14 hours now. Trying to download massive amounts of sound samples for my music composition programs, and it's abysmal. Lucky me, I was actually getting 3 times this yesterday...

Although on the plus side, I have downloaded about 61GB of data in the last week and a half. Logic Pro samples, 30GB, Sibelius 7 samples, 28GB, Windows 7, isos, 3GB.... We get uncapped internet, but it's so damn slow it's barely worth it.

Mr Blackwell, I may presume that you have a 1990's-era 56K dialup connection from those statistics.

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I'm using Wireless too. I plugged in the ethernet the other day and got the full whack, but saying that I'm one of the first people in my town to get infinity and my house is about 40 feet away from the cabinet, hence the speed.

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I'm using Wireless too. I plugged in the ethernet the other day and got the full whack, but saying that I'm one of the first people in my town to get infinity and my house is about 40 feet away from the cabinet, hence the speed.

We recently upgraded to Australia's fibre optic National Broadband Network. For $90/month we now get unlimited data between 30-80 Mbps down (dependent on the time of day) and 10-60 Mbps up. Pretty good, previously was lucky to get 15/2.

It also came with a subscription to various sport and entertainment channels, so I can watch all the English Soccer I want.

I'm sure you're all excited at this news on such an old thread. (took me a while to find it, due to Jetson's rather ambiguous thread title)

It's with Optus. I paid a little extra to get one of its "speed packs", and so far speeds have been above what they advertise. I gather a lot depends on the exact suburb (or even the area of a suburb) you live in. I am in Brisbane.

Jesus Christ on a stick. Right now my speed is 2.85 mbps. With a lower case “m”. Verizon dsl. They won’t deliver their fios one more block over. And fucking Comcast cable - according to my neighbor who has it - often rates less than 1 mbps.